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they have also funded climate change denial science, and they've waged an all-out attack on clean air laws of the. the top 25 senators who have received the most campaign cash from from, seven sitting here today on the environmental public works committees and big surprise. they are all republicans and they have all voted in favor of oil interests. john barasso, jim inhoff and lamar alexander have voted for fossil fuels 94% of the time. the koch brothers have given $60 million to groups that fund climate denial research including senator jim demint's new home the heritage foundation. right now, halfway across the world in doha qatar, world leaders are meeting for climate talks. according to a new report the koch's influence is being felt there as well. coming to us via skype from doha qatar, where it's the middle of the night is victor minadi, the executive director that did that report the international forum on globalization. victor, welcome inside "the war room"? >> hi. thanks for having me. >> you bet. thanks for staying up to bring the news to us. we heard what the koch brothers
they have also funded climate change denial science, and they've waged an all-out attack on clean air laws of the. the top 25 senators who have received the most campaign cash from from, seven sitting here today on the environmental public works committees and big surprise. they are all republicans and they have all voted in favor of oil interests. john barasso, jim inhoff and lamar alexander have voted for fossil fuels 94% of the time. the koch brothers have given $60 million to groups that...
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it is a science experiment. soda stream -- >> it turns tap water -- >> stephanie: into soda in less than 30 seconds. why didn't i do this for my 8th grade science fair project? everybody loves it. it transforms water into fresh fizzy soda in seconds. no lugging storing no disposing of sodas and cans. it is environmentally friendly. it is a great-looking machine. it has a -- you snap on the bottle, fill it with cold water snap it on, push the button and does it actually go -- shh? >> bottles around you explode. you've seen the commercials. >> stephanie: now you're going to disappoint people. >> if you do the karate chop. >> stephanie: 60 flavors of soda. regular, diet, all energy energy drinks, crystal light country time, stuff like that. no high fructose corn syrup ors a aspartame. it comes in different styles and colors. it makes your soda like 25 cents a can. >> that's cheap. check out soda stream at bed bath & beyond or macy's or kohls or target. smart, simple soda. right back on "the stephanie miller show."
it is a science experiment. soda stream -- >> it turns tap water -- >> stephanie: into soda in less than 30 seconds. why didn't i do this for my 8th grade science fair project? everybody loves it. it transforms water into fresh fizzy soda in seconds. no lugging storing no disposing of sodas and cans. it is environmentally friendly. it is a great-looking machine. it has a -- you snap on the bottle, fill it with cold water snap it on, push the button and does it actually go -- shh?...
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other things like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense from td ameritrade. [ male announcer ] you like who you are... and you learned something along the way. this is the age of knowing what you're made of. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. this is the age of taking action. viagra. talk to your doctor. see if america's most prescribed ed treatment is right for you. it's these "talking points" that the right have about "the heavy hand of government". i want to have that conversation. really. really! i'd l
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the science is clear. our national security establishments, our business communities all know this is rear. there is a rear-guard action in this building led by polluters to keep us from taking action on this. we have to face the fact that the deniers are wrong. just plain dead wrong. >> jennifer: that is the incredible senator sheldon white whitehouse unloading on his colleagues at a senate hearing. exactly who is he talking to? take senator gyms inhofe. he's with the senate committee of environment and public works. that senator, senator inhofe has referred to global chime change change as an alarmist. why would he say that? maybe because the top three contributers to his political campaign for the top five years are some of the top fossil fuel industries in the campaign. koch industries, murray energy. devon energy. is there any chance that reason can speak louder than money? here to help us answer that question is jefferey sachs. he's comeing to us via skype from new york. thank you for joining us in "
the science is clear. our national security establishments, our business communities all know this is rear. there is a rear-guard action in this building led by polluters to keep us from taking action on this. we have to face the fact that the deniers are wrong. just plain dead wrong. >> jennifer: that is the incredible senator sheldon white whitehouse unloading on his colleagues at a senate hearing. exactly who is he talking to? take senator gyms inhofe. he's with the senate committee of...
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help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. rr it's these "talking points" that the right have about "the heavy hand of government". i want to have that conversation. really. really! i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. ♪ ♪ he funk soul -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ check it out now the funk soul -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ >> stephanie: i'm in a really good place spiritual so please [ inaudible ]. [ applause ] >> stephanie: what was that mean? to me it means thank god i'm still alive. >> actually when you say it namas, it means f-off. >> stephanie: oh. thank you for clarifying that. julie sent us this. i lose a lot of the original figurines, john, so i fill them in with other things -- >> like a wedding cake topper. >> stephanie: yeah and there's a all shaker r2 d2 doll, and there's the horses ass near the donkey. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: jim, reince preibus -- >> reince pre
help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. rr it's these "talking points" that the right have about "the heavy hand of government". i want to have that conversation. really. really! i'd like to arm our viewers with the ability to argue with their conservative uncle joe over the dinner table. ♪ ♪ he funk soul -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ check it...
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> chatting with you life at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: friday, december 7th here, the "full-court press" coming to you life from our nation's capitol and our studio on capitol hill brought to you today by the united steel workers and their great international president, leo gerard, north america's largest industrial union rep precepting 1.2 million active and retired members usw.org. big news this week uteout in the west, to colorado and washington. they had approved on november 6th each day, approving a measure for the full legalization of recreational use of marijuana. those laws have now kicked in. it is legal in washington and colorado to smoke pot. but will the if he did allow it? al ant saint pierre is the executive director of norml gets a lot of credit. allen, good to see you. >> good day, bill >> bill: i want you to know that last week, last time you were here,
straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> chatting with you life at current.com/billpress. this is "the bill press show" live on your radio and current tv. >> bill: friday, december 7th here, the "full-court press" coming to you life from our nation's capitol and our studio on capitol hill brought to you today by the united steel workers and their...
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. >> when you hear that, this is science fiction. you created this science fact. you brought it in for us to see. is this 20 years from now, 10 years? what is your sense? this is unbelievable to the average person's imagination. you can't imagine the ability for nano technology and synthetic byiology all these interdisciplinaries coming together. >> there isn't a single thing that doesn't exist. what does it take to commercialize it. how long in the lab we can physically print the human on the other hand the same doctor who did that has already printed a human bladder that has been implanted. >> wow. >> so we're on the road to do these things. but none of it is science fiction. we're not making things up. for example when we say you take dna and you reorganize it, and then you look under electron microscope, and that shape that you imagined is there in the electron microscope, and you go, this is real. people don't under that you can now mail order dna. i want strands composed of these, you put it in the booker and thenbeekerand you mix it pup it up. unbelievable
. >> when you hear that, this is science fiction. you created this science fact. you brought it in for us to see. is this 20 years from now, 10 years? what is your sense? this is unbelievable to the average person's imagination. you can't imagine the ability for nano technology and synthetic byiology all these interdisciplinaries coming together. >> there isn't a single thing that doesn't exist. what does it take to commercialize it. how long in the lab we can physically print the...
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what is the science on that? how much data do we have that we can rely upon, we can't rely upon those who are marketing their own products. >> that is exactly the problem. the patent holders for these genetically modified crops they own these crops as i say they've been patented as uniquely theirs. the u.s. government does not require independent safety analysis for these crops to be approved. as you know perfectly well in washington where now $600 million has been sent by bio tech to lobby regulatory, to narrow the aperture for regulatory approval, it has basically been an industry-driven proposition. there have only been a couple of independent studies. one came out this summer, a peer review in france that smuggled genetically produced corn seed out of canada, and it was scary. i'm not arguing because of this city we have a problem. the reality is we need research, and while we're waiting for that, citizens have a right to know what we're eating. >> eliot: on the one hasn't they want patent rights which is a n
what is the science on that? how much data do we have that we can rely upon, we can't rely upon those who are marketing their own products. >> that is exactly the problem. the patent holders for these genetically modified crops they own these crops as i say they've been patented as uniquely theirs. the u.s. government does not require independent safety analysis for these crops to be approved. as you know perfectly well in washington where now $600 million has been sent by bio tech to...
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of why they deny science and reality." and dr. reese halter, conservation biologist and author of "the insatiable beetle beetle" many thanks for joining us now. what about all the climate things happening. >> i chalk that up to matters of personalities and liberals are more open to new information and conservatives keep their existing values. in relation to sandy what you're going to see are the eyes really opened especially for the democrats and the independents, this is not our grandfather's weather. i think there is going to be working down on on the denial. >> eliot: not a word been climate change. it has not been on the public agenda, why is that? do you think sandy will change that? >> it has to change that. the economy is a wholly owned subsidiary of the environment get it? sandy is in the house. we've had two 100-year events back-to-back. irene, sandy it could be $50 billion. you know we've wasted a lot of time here. now we've got to prepare and plan. and it turns out it's a four letter dirt word--jobs. come on. >>
of why they deny science and reality." and dr. reese halter, conservation biologist and author of "the insatiable beetle beetle" many thanks for joining us now. what about all the climate things happening. >> i chalk that up to matters of personalities and liberals are more open to new information and conservatives keep their existing values. in relation to sandy what you're going to see are the eyes really opened especially for the democrats and the independents, this is...
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his abortion policy is based on science and reason. which is funny because his climate policy is based on ideological. >> that's true. that did not resonate with me. people in that camp already it doesn't matter. is there any chance, do you see even a seed of action on the part of anyone to talk about this? or is it going to be one of these things that we go through this election, and it's not even a wedge issue to be frank. >> yeah well, i think romney mocked obama's claim that he would slow the rise of the ocean and heal the planet in his convention speech, and that got obama pissed enough in his convention speech global warming is real, droughts, floods, wildfires, they're getting worse. he tweeted about it, and he included it in his speech at the university of miami. but it's only going to come into the campaign one way. president obama brings it up because lord knows the media-- >> michael: that was apparently he got president obama pissed if you have about anything to come out swinging about it. you're right, president obama comi
his abortion policy is based on science and reason. which is funny because his climate policy is based on ideological. >> that's true. that did not resonate with me. people in that camp already it doesn't matter. is there any chance, do you see even a seed of action on the part of anyone to talk about this? or is it going to be one of these things that we go through this election, and it's not even a wedge issue to be frank. >> yeah well, i think romney mocked obama's claim that he...
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much of science isn't like that. like anything that i just mentioned about biology economics and so on. but climate scientists are using that incorrectly. there is real systemic causation here. and systemic causation happens when certain things are present. for example you might have multiple causes. you might have a network of causes. you might have feedback groups. all of those really occur in nature. and what happens here is very clear. in hurricane sandy you have a special kind of hurricane that is normal. actually when you have global warming. it is normal because its characterization is it's huge. it has a huge amount of moisture. it has a huge amount of energy that goes into the winds. how does this happen? every climate scientist knows perfectly well that when you have global warming you get more evaporation over the oceans lots more moisture in the air. when that happens you get heat in the oceans. heat transfers in storms into winds. the energy of the heat goes into the energy of the winds. the fact that we
much of science isn't like that. like anything that i just mentioned about biology economics and so on. but climate scientists are using that incorrectly. there is real systemic causation here. and systemic causation happens when certain things are present. for example you might have multiple causes. you might have a network of causes. you might have feedback groups. all of those really occur in nature. and what happens here is very clear. in hurricane sandy you have a special kind of hurricane...
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attacking science, attacking the epa's meticulous and thorough 3.5 year investigation. and then barring an investigator willing to report on this and putting me in handcuffs and throwing me in jail. this is thuggery. they threw out john boehner's promise for transparency out with me yesterday. now they are paying for it. because there is on enormous media backlash because it. >> right. i just saw a john boehner clip on transparency, and it seems like a joke now. you are really right, one, they are already recording this so they don't mind it being recorded as long as it's not to show you wrong they are. and you were trying to record it to see what they were going to say. and then just real quick there, you as a public citizen -- since it was a public hearing could have sat in the hearing anyway. >> but not recorded it. >> wasn't your camera man credentialed. >> the first set we hired were credentialed. but the point is that, you know our film gasland two is about another level of contamination due to fraccing. every single campaign dollar that's going towards a politici
attacking science, attacking the epa's meticulous and thorough 3.5 year investigation. and then barring an investigator willing to report on this and putting me in handcuffs and throwing me in jail. this is thuggery. they threw out john boehner's promise for transparency out with me yesterday. now they are paying for it. because there is on enormous media backlash because it. >> right. i just saw a john boehner clip on transparency, and it seems like a joke now. you are really right, one,...
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so there's all of this -- there it's all of this science out there about the dangerous level of green house gas that we need to be afraid of. when do we need to start panicking? >> al: well, you know, panic is never something that is advisable but the evidence is in. 97% to 98% of all of the most actively publishing climate scientists every single national academy of science in the world every professional scientific association in the world agree on the consensus view. and you have the large carbon polluters, desperately trying to hold back the truth and running all of these ads. current tv is the only news network on tv that doesn't have all of this sponsorship from the coal and oil companies. all of the others have it. and they're among the two or three biggest advertisers on television. you see their ads everywhere. and they pay even more money and lobbying. they're for anti-climate lobbyists on capitol hill, every single member of the house and senate. they're using their big money to promote dirty fuels that lead to dirty weather. and the scientists have told us that exactly wha
so there's all of this -- there it's all of this science out there about the dangerous level of green house gas that we need to be afraid of. when do we need to start panicking? >> al: well, you know, panic is never something that is advisable but the evidence is in. 97% to 98% of all of the most actively publishing climate scientists every single national academy of science in the world every professional scientific association in the world agree on the consensus view. and you have the...
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don't they stop at some point now that they're saying real science allows us to flatten the earth, pave everything over and utilize all this stuff that we've been given. >> i said this months ago when herman cain was pre-tending to be relevant, the 2012 g.o.p. slogan is yes, we hate. these are people who are taking tips from franklin graham, hateful cracker. they've taken hate to a new level. who hates dr. seuss? green eggs and ham not my favorite book but the hate towards dr. seuss is ridiculous. and it's insane that lou dobbs is blaming the lorax and his mission on president obama. how is he responsible when at the time that book was written he was a ten-year-old kid swinging off a monkey bars. he had nothing to do with that book. >> keep one story together. if it doesn't fit the timeline do not come and tell me that he wasn't born in this country but he influenced a book that was written nine years before his birth. and this reference to occu-toddlers. this is a gave away. a desperate attempt to stand at the ocean and not just push the tide back but not ever see the tide. it's the fu
don't they stop at some point now that they're saying real science allows us to flatten the earth, pave everything over and utilize all this stuff that we've been given. >> i said this months ago when herman cain was pre-tending to be relevant, the 2012 g.o.p. slogan is yes, we hate. these are people who are taking tips from franklin graham, hateful cracker. they've taken hate to a new level. who hates dr. seuss? green eggs and ham not my favorite book but the hate towards dr. seuss is...
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this is the thing about how well science works. science works in such a way if i do something in my lab i'm going to invite scientists from all over the world to check my work. and scientists invite this because, indeed, this group of scientists were themselves amazed that they got the results that they did. inviting others they can pick up errors. it would be really wonderful to find out indeed things can travel faster than the speed of lights but we have to figure the bugs out first. >> as einstein is laughing somewhere, are all the results necessarily discredited or just in a stay position now. >> right now it's in a stay position, and what they've done is they moved down to the position of well we really don't think we thought happened really did but we have errors we need to correct first. then of course what will they do? as good scientists collect more data to make sure of what their results are. >> the other space news we wanted to get to, scientists say they have observed seismic activity on mars which they call mars quake
this is the thing about how well science works. science works in such a way if i do something in my lab i'm going to invite scientists from all over the world to check my work. and scientists invite this because, indeed, this group of scientists were themselves amazed that they got the results that they did. inviting others they can pick up errors. it would be really wonderful to find out indeed things can travel faster than the speed of lights but we have to figure the bugs out first. >>...
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we have the facts the science is totally on our side. the question is you know, we'll sit on our hands for another decade and let it get worse. so you know, i think -- he's one of these guys, i think he's just an unbelievably pragmatic president. he realizes what the problems are and i think he'll fight like hell for the solutions. >> bill: that's what people want to see. part of what rallied people behind president obama toward the end of the campaign, really started the fight. he really started to show his spine. >> you know, i'll tell you when we were sitting in that room with him and we were talking about the rates and the wealthy he said look, if we have a recession, if we go over the cliff, i don't want to do that but i'm not going to sacrifice the middle class for the next 10 to 20 years. i'm not going to do it. i'm. >> just not going to do it. and you know, there was no question in my mind that there was no fooling around. >> bill: when i saw him at the holiday party reflecting what our viewers and listeners said, right, i said m
we have the facts the science is totally on our side. the question is you know, we'll sit on our hands for another decade and let it get worse. so you know, i think -- he's one of these guys, i think he's just an unbelievably pragmatic president. he realizes what the problems are and i think he'll fight like hell for the solutions. >> bill: that's what people want to see. part of what rallied people behind president obama toward the end of the campaign, really started the fight. he really...
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>> i try never to speculate about people's motivation, publisher's weekly says it's the best science book of the fall. top 10 for time magazine, other people are distraught. i think it's about how freaky people find the question is looking at female desire on its own terms which is exactly what i am doing. >> gavin: that was a percentage journey fourth the inter operation of this book came from your own exploration of yourself our join ex-salt your own enjoyment and pleasure. >> i wouldn't make too much of that. there is about five pages of the book where i was very honest with my readers about what led me to look at the science, it was a spinal injury, i was born withwith spina bifida and i realized i was having symptom of losing sexual sensation and mind states positive mind states after lovemaking that i was used to. >> gavin: you were enjoying pleasure but you didn't feel a sense of connection, happiness bliss, what? >> it's hard to describe. connection energy, sense of things being connected to each other. but the pleasure was great. so i understood that there was some brain vag
>> i try never to speculate about people's motivation, publisher's weekly says it's the best science book of the fall. top 10 for time magazine, other people are distraught. i think it's about how freaky people find the question is looking at female desire on its own terms which is exactly what i am doing. >> gavin: that was a percentage journey fourth the inter operation of this book came from your own exploration of yourself our join ex-salt your own enjoyment and pleasure....
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his silence on the issue of climate change and casting doubt on the science of climate change cost him dearly today. new york's independent mayor mike bloomberg endorsed president obama referring both to hurricane irene last august and sandy this week. bloomberg wrote and i quote "in just 14 months, two hurricanes have forced us to evacuate nakeds, something our city had -- never done before. i want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral politics." for more, we have on the phone -- what's going on to get to millions of commuters to work tomorrow, i'm joined by phone by metropolitan transportation spokesman aaron donovan. thanks for joining us. >> thanks, governor, you bet. >> eliot: we know you've begun to get some of the subways above 34th and 42nd street moving again. what will be open tomorrow and then if you could, give us an update on the tunnels which seem to be the major impediment to expanding traffic. >> well, at this point in time, our subway system is essentially cut in half. we have some service running between the bronx and manhattan
his silence on the issue of climate change and casting doubt on the science of climate change cost him dearly today. new york's independent mayor mike bloomberg endorsed president obama referring both to hurricane irene last august and sandy this week. bloomberg wrote and i quote "in just 14 months, two hurricanes have forced us to evacuate nakeds, something our city had -- never done before. i want our president to place scientific evidence and risk management above electoral...
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science says that this living thing doesn't grow to be a human being outside of the women until much later, and that's why we have laws that base medical issues on science, not on religion, so for me that's the perfectly correct answer to have on that topic. >> jennifer: i think it's an ambiguity that we will not resolve. >> yes. >> jennifer: i'm curious from your point of view you have this -- this effort to educate not just women but men, but a lot of times younger women do not realize that if they put someone like mitt romney in office that a supreme court -- the supreme court justice or two will end up being deciding votes on overturning rowe versus wade. is this comedy a way to reach those young people? >> i do. and what i have discovered especially in my live shows is when i talk about things and bring up a todd akin it's so surprising to me that people don't know who he is. there are 20% of the people that go that guy is real? and you go yes it's real. so they google it and then tell their friends. and then they go to your website, and find lady parts justice, and you get a lo
science says that this living thing doesn't grow to be a human being outside of the women until much later, and that's why we have laws that base medical issues on science, not on religion, so for me that's the perfectly correct answer to have on that topic. >> jennifer: i think it's an ambiguity that we will not resolve. >> yes. >> jennifer: i'm curious from your point of view you have this -- this effort to educate not just women but men, but a lot of times younger women do...
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help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> cenk: i love this aggressive progressive segment and i can't wait to do it to a banker. the ceo of citigroup, in his five. year watch he was an epic disaster. do you know how much of their value they lost in five years? only 88%. they lost 88% of their value! share price gone down. i know there was a crash in there, but it's not like they were faultless for the crash. they caused the crash along with other banks and they never recovered because they suck, right? so obviously if you lose 88% of your share you're not going to get paid that much, right? wrong again, bob they're bankers. look at how much they got paid over those five years $261 million! how would you like to have that in your profession. bob, i have to pull you in, you were awful, here is $261 million. how could you you do that to us? [ sobbing ] did i expect this to happen? i think i have a word for it. of course! of course that was going to happen! and cnbc are crying abou
help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> cenk: i love this aggressive progressive segment and i can't wait to do it to a banker. the ceo of citigroup, in his five. year watch he was an epic disaster. do you know how much of their value they lost in five years? only 88%. they lost 88% of their value! share price gone down. i know there was a crash in there, but it's not like...
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it is not -- this isn't rocket science, right? >> the other thing that amazes me, ann coulter touched on it, there's nothing you can do. that really is a fallback position. there's nothing you can do. how does that square with, you know, american exceptionalism? the conservatives you know, claim obama doesn't embrace. this is the greatest country in the history of mankind. but by the way we can't fix gun control. by the way we can't stop gun rampages. there's nothing you can do. sit back. that's the price. >> stephanie: accept our first graders, there is a pretty even chance your first grader will get shot in the face during the school day today. really? >> what kind of policy debate? there's nothing you can do. >> stephanie: exactly. all right. eric boehlert, great stuff. he remains in the sidecar. we continue more right-wing world next on "the stephanie miller show." >> announcer: there's a tea party in her pants and you're invited. call now. 1-800-steph-12. from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainmen
it is not -- this isn't rocket science, right? >> the other thing that amazes me, ann coulter touched on it, there's nothing you can do. that really is a fallback position. there's nothing you can do. how does that square with, you know, american exceptionalism? the conservatives you know, claim obama doesn't embrace. this is the greatest country in the history of mankind. but by the way we can't fix gun control. by the way we can't stop gun rampages. there's nothing you can do. sit back....
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>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. attack on women that perhaps the majority of the population woke up? >> idaho is not known as approaching act i.v. you had hundreds of women show up, thousands signed petitions. they made their voices heard. what happens is that now, the legislators are running scared. very similar laws have passed quietly in other states for the past 10 years, really in the past two years have intensified. pennsylvania a similar law was shelved, idaho this proved to be political poison. women are paying attention and having their voices heard. >> thanks for coming in. >> the aclu considers a demand that to get a job you have to let an employer open your private mail, the senate wants to make it illegal to hand over a password to your facebook account. >> forget mortgages let's take a look at the next alonging debt crisis. what do we owe the most money on? is it a credit card debt. b auto loan deb
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>> i love how she brought up junk science. because junk science includes studies done by cornell university, obesity is a huge problem in this country. >> this time the proof is definitely and literally in the pudding. [ laughter ] >> when someone comes to say accusations towards one person she runs down this laundry list. it doesn't work anyway the people that are going to take that and regurgitate it aren't going to vote for president obama anyway. >> that's a good point. aren't that many independents that are out there to go oh, my god, i can't believe she is going after food organizations. >> and nancy reagan was just as bad in her say no to drugs campaign. >> yeah. >> there are a lot of people on the left and tied to the democrat party and team obama who have sat silently on the sidelines while off of this rhetoric is aimed at mitt romney and pretty much every conservative person. and nobody is going to ask her these tough questions about her behavior in the east wing and about her failure to speak up for women. >> do you
>> i love how she brought up junk science. because junk science includes studies done by cornell university, obesity is a huge problem in this country. >> this time the proof is definitely and literally in the pudding. [ laughter ] >> when someone comes to say accusations towards one person she runs down this laundry list. it doesn't work anyway the people that are going to take that and regurgitate it aren't going to vote for president obama anyway. >> that's a good...
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let's look at the science. scientists are warning us this is going to be more frequent, and the american west is going to turn into a tinderbox. it already is a tinderbox. i posed that question to many. that was what was surprising for me. given the science what role does the science play at the table when we're talking about budget issues. according to rich brown no place at the table at all. >> cenk: james, that's the whole point. you kept quoting him saying this is all unprecedented. yeah that's because we've got climate change and things are not normal. they're not what they used to be. they're unprecedented. we have this massive heatwave now. we've broken more hot records. 40,000 this year. are we seeing an adjustment to our new unprecedented conditions? >> well, certainly we're watching record temperatures right around the country this summer. you know, many, many places are experiencing--if you're on the east coast where i'm from, it is boiling hot. it is an oven there at the moment. people are scramblin
let's look at the science. scientists are warning us this is going to be more frequent, and the american west is going to turn into a tinderbox. it already is a tinderbox. i posed that question to many. that was what was surprising for me. given the science what role does the science play at the table when we're talking about budget issues. according to rich brown no place at the table at all. >> cenk: james, that's the whole point. you kept quoting him saying this is all unprecedented....
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the science is not there. >>only on current tv. ♪ >> eliot: in recent years few things have garnered such bipartisan support as the violence against women act. first passed in 1994 the bill has been renewed twice without incident. but this year things have not been so easy. the bill has yet to be extended. joining me now, jerrold nadler a proponent to extending and fully funding the violence against women act. congressman, as always thank you for joining us. >> pleasure. >> what explains the backdown this time over something that should be so central to a common view. >> the breakdown is the republicans refuseing to extend the bill even the way it was. the senate passed a bill with a few changes to the bill to add eligibility for grants to groups that deal with domestic violence among gay and lebanese people. to help those on indian reservations. the republicans won't hear of that. and rolling back. >> right now for instance if an immigrant woman whose legality is here because of her husband makes a complain
the science is not there. >>only on current tv. ♪ >> eliot: in recent years few things have garnered such bipartisan support as the violence against women act. first passed in 1994 the bill has been renewed twice without incident. but this year things have not been so easy. the bill has yet to be extended. joining me now, jerrold nadler a proponent to extending and fully funding the violence against women act. congressman, as always thank you for joining us. >> pleasure....
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>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. direct line to eliot spitzer. join debate now. >> disturbing new statistics released reveal in the first 155 days of this year, 154 active duty u.s. soldiers committed suicide. >> that's nearly one a day. as horrific as this number is it is made worse by the haunting residesation that more soldiers have taken their lives in this year than lost them on the battlefield. the number of suesized represents an 18% increase over the same period last year. here to help explain it and understand these troubling statistics are john salts who served two tours and dr. stein zanakus with 28 years of active duty experience and a founder for the center of translational medicine. thank you both for your time. john, let me begin with you. make sense of this, why you have been there on the field of battle. what do you think explains this uptick, this surge this horrifying set of data? >> i was actu
>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. direct line to eliot spitzer. join debate now. >> disturbing new statistics released reveal in the first 155 days of this year, 154 active duty u.s. soldiers committed suicide. >> that's nearly one a day. as horrific as this number is it is made worse by the haunting residesation that more soldiers have taken their lives in...
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a renaissance happening because of the same fundamental sources we've talked about but also as the science becomes demom i can't tied and more people learn that's great for the me. we have serious challenges and if we don't continue to invest in pro entrepreneur policies, we're going to lose the edge. we've got to allow people to come to the united states, and also the policies that promote entrepreneurialship is counter intuitive by taking a risk and not losing their children's health. those kind of things, intellectual property reform, not allowing small companies to be sued starting out. those things make a huge difference. it's not a typical policy don't touch on for all our talk of job creators, we don't talk about what would be a pro entrepreneurial public policy. if we don't start on that, we're going to be in trouble. >> you didn't start with tax relief. i'll be honest, i just started my 17th small business. the last thing i'm worried about is whether or not the bush tax cuts expire. i don't own any start ups do you that focused more on that and are aanesthetized? >> i've never hea
a renaissance happening because of the same fundamental sources we've talked about but also as the science becomes demom i can't tied and more people learn that's great for the me. we have serious challenges and if we don't continue to invest in pro entrepreneur policies, we're going to lose the edge. we've got to allow people to come to the united states, and also the policies that promote entrepreneurialship is counter intuitive by taking a risk and not losing their children's health. those...
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>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> bring us to the number of the day. three. that's the number of european countries where voters seem to be rejecting current economic austerity policies. socialist leader franÇois hollande is set to become france's new president after securing 52% of the vote this weekend. he promised to rewrite the austerity pack written by nicolas sarkozy and angela merkel in a depressed euro economy. this is especially awkward for david's prime minister david cameron. not only because cameron endorse endorsed sarkozy, but as his own conservative tori port last 400 seats last week. and wages and pension versus been slashed, voters turned out to punish the two parties who have dominateed greek politics for over 40 years. both received combined 33% of the ballot. there is no apparent incentive for voters to bring back the same folks who created the financial disaster. instead, voters with the f
>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> bring us to the number of the day. three. that's the number of european countries where voters seem to be rejecting current economic austerity policies. socialist leader franÇois hollande is set to become france's new president after securing 52% of the vote this weekend. he promised to rewrite the austerity pack written by...
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> jennifer: so for several months now, christine pelosi and i have been trying to get duf sundheim to throw his support behind the president. tonight is our final penitentiary. welcome back to you both. duf are you ready to say uncle? >> you know what, i didn't find the fact that you called the fact that your father your favorite republican, but when you put christie ahead of me it hurt my feelings. >> jennifer: all right. epic fail on my part. >> here you can have the halloween candy. okay. chris christie had a beautiful moment today. not only did barack obama look very presidential but chris christie took a tentative step towards 2016. >> jennifer: yeah, let's just say that duf could have a beautiful moment right here. >> i think that was back in april 15th that you were right. >> jennifer: let me do something here, duf. vice president biden had a very interesting line about mitt romney today. take a listen in florida. >> his plans are s
straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> jennifer: so for several months now, christine pelosi and i have been trying to get duf sundheim to throw his support behind the president. tonight is our final penitentiary. welcome back to you both. duf are you ready to say uncle? >> you know what, i didn't find the fact that you called the fact that your father your favorite...
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every national academy of science on this planet said that's a lie. everyone said this is man maid, it is serious, we have got to urgently do something about it. 97-plus percent of all of the climate scientists most actively publishing, and again, mother nature herself is speaking loudly and clearly with these extreme weather events that is getting everybody's attention. >> maybe this is why mother nature is still fighting an uphill battle. between 2009 and 2011 coverage by the national tv networks dropped a whopping 80%. coming up next, the moments that define a leader. how a black teenager's death put race front in center in the presidential race. and later we'll hear from a remarkable 15-year-old girl on we have a big, big hour and the i.q. will go way up. how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>yo
every national academy of science on this planet said that's a lie. everyone said this is man maid, it is serious, we have got to urgently do something about it. 97-plus percent of all of the climate scientists most actively publishing, and again, mother nature herself is speaking loudly and clearly with these extreme weather events that is getting everybody's attention. >> maybe this is why mother nature is still fighting an uphill battle. between 2009 and 2011 coverage by the national...
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>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. ♪ >> eliot: quote, the maricopa county sheriff office and joe arpaio continue to to engage in the pattern or practice of unlawful discriminatory police conduct directed at latinos. jail employees referring to latinos by derogatory names such as wetbacks and stupid mexicans and holding inmates in solitary confinement just because they don't speak english and a latino woman was physically abused and held in the backseat of an un-air conditioned patrol car for 30 minutes. stories and incidents like this go on and on, a cornucopia of evidence. in addition to the discriminatory treatment of latinos, the suit claims that arpaio's office has focused so much on low level i am placing offenses that is it has resulted in a failure to up old other duties. >> i'm not going to surrender my offense to the federal government. i will fight this to the bitter end. >> eliot: joining mow now house
>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. ♪ >> eliot: quote, the maricopa county sheriff office and joe arpaio continue to to engage in the pattern or practice of unlawful discriminatory police conduct directed at latinos. jail employees referring to latinos by derogatory names such as wetbacks and stupid mexicans and holding inmates in solitary confinement just...
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polymers, hydo-carbons, thermal plastics, math and science? you bet it is. many kids don't understand how important these subjects can be that's why time warner cable developed connect a million minds. to introduce kids in our communities to the opportunities that inspire them to develop these important skills. how can my car go faster? maybe your child will figure it out. find out more at connectamillionminds.com ♪ >> new jobs over the last 26 months, more than 1 million jobs in the last six months alone. [applause] >> president obama today talking to college students in arlington arlington, virginia, about what% the democrats are painting as positive news on the jobs. 115,000 jobs were created in the month of april, but that's fewer than what economists had expected. they were expecting 165,000 jobs were expected. the unemployment rate did fall to 8.1% by .1% by 8.2% last month. and the labor department said 342,000 people just plain gave up looking for jobs last month. and the g.o.p. is seizing on that as part of their reasoning of saying that the presi
polymers, hydo-carbons, thermal plastics, math and science? you bet it is. many kids don't understand how important these subjects can be that's why time warner cable developed connect a million minds. to introduce kids in our communities to the opportunities that inspire them to develop these important skills. how can my car go faster? maybe your child will figure it out. find out more at connectamillionminds.com ♪ >> new jobs over the last 26 months, more than 1 million jobs in the...
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>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> eliot: going gaffe-for-gaffe. pointing on the representative rival's word war. quote, the private assemblyter is doing fine. the republicans releasing two videos using those comments as to paint the president as out of touch. the obama campaign sought to turn the tables, seizing on seeming policy proposals that romney offered up at a campaign stop in iowa on friday. >> romney: he says we need more fireman, teachers and--did he not get the message of wisconsin? the american people. it's time to cut back on government and help the american people. >> eliot: even wisconsin's own governor, scott walker refused to back up romney's comments. >> i know in our state we back up firefighters, teachers that's not what i think of when i think of big government. >> eliot: it does not body well for romney when they agree that even ronald reagan would have have a tough time being nominated by
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that's why he doesn't give a damn about science. "the young turks." [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." on this show we prefer to call it the fiscal cliff or the austerity bomb. either way the country is just 34 days away from the mix of hundreds of billions of dollars with expireing tax cuts. the president called on voters though pressure congress for a deal that would freeze taxes for 911%98% of for american families. >> call members of congress, write them, e-mail, post it on their facebook wall. tweet it by using the hash tag "my 2 k." >> if the latest "washington post" "abc news" poll is correct, the 06% 60% said they supported, and oklahoma congressman tom cole told politico last night, i quote i think we ought to take the 98% deal right now. it doesn't mean that i agree with raising the top two i don't. but house speaker john boehner disagreed with that call. >> i told him that i disagreed with him. >> eliot: he seemed more interesting in attacking the president than finding com
that's why he doesn't give a damn about science. "the young turks." [ ♪ music ♪ ] >> eliot: good evening i'm eliot spitzer and this is "viewpoint." on this show we prefer to call it the fiscal cliff or the austerity bomb. either way the country is just 34 days away from the mix of hundreds of billions of dollars with expireing tax cuts. the president called on voters though pressure congress for a deal that would freeze taxes for 911%98% of for american families....
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>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >>> now that we have established the libor scandal absolutely did have victims the focus goes back to where the blame lies itself. a large number of traders from at least nine different banks are currently under investigation for their role. investigators suspect that a worldwide conspiracy took place. most of traitors suggest that it was far from isolated. timothy geithner will appear before congress tomorrow to answer questions about what he knew about the libor scandal when he was president of the new york fed. joining me is neil barofsky to discuss libor. he recounts his dramatic detail in his new book "bailout." neil, thanks for being here? >> thanks for having me. >> you stood up for those who often did not have a voice down in the halls of the treasury department. i want to begin with libor, bank call lewd and regulators do >> it is absolutely the case. it is depressing to
>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >>> now that we have established the libor scandal absolutely did have victims the focus goes back to where the blame lies itself. a large number of traders from at least nine different banks are currently under investigation for their role. investigators suspect that a worldwide conspiracy took place. most of traitors suggest...
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>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> eliot: when your party platform includes policies that are zenophobic and down right racist you give up the vote of minorities. to combat this problem the republicans have done everything to strip the minorities but disenfranchising the voters is not exactly legal. in florida last year governor rick scott signed sweeping voting reform, and a provision which a panel of federal judges knocked down yesterday. in the decision the judges ruled tothat itruled, quote that we find the minority voters will be disportion positiver lay effected by because they use disproportionately voting. here to joins us with the naacp legal defense education fund, thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. >> eliot: this is one victory is that in itself significant and where does it lead us to the overall effort. >> it's absolutely a development. they look to scale back their voting by half.
>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. >> eliot: when your party platform includes policies that are zenophobic and down right racist you give up the vote of minorities. to combat this problem the republicans have done everything to strip the minorities but disenfranchising the voters is not exactly legal. in florida last year governor rick scott signed sweeping...
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>>science and republicans do not mix. >>now it's your turn at the only online forum with a direct line to eliot spitzer. >>join the debate now. [ male announcer ] this is corporate caterers miami, florida. in here, great food demands a great presentation. so at&t showed corporate caterers how to better collaborate by using a mobile solution in a whole new way. using real-time photo sharing abilities, they can create and maintain high standards from kitchen to table. this technology allows us to collaborate with our drivers to make a better experience for our customers. [ male announcer ] it's a network of possibilities -- helping you do what you do... even better. ♪ ♪ [ dennis ] switch to allstate. their claim service is so good now it's guaranteed. [ foreman ] so i can trust 'em. unlike randy. dollar for dollar, nobody protects you like allstate. and who doesn't want 50% more cash? ugh, the baby. huh! and then the baby bear said "i want 50% more cash in my bed!" phhht! 50% more cash is good ri... what's that. ♪ ♪
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. >> the science is bad. >> unproven science. >> that has yet to be proven and i highly doubt it's going to happen any time soon. >> still a scientific theory that has not been proven. >> cenk: that's the media. that's the republicans. when you turn to the democrats i wish i had good news for you. but president obama hasn't been that much better in his results. now he was recently on mtv kind of like candy crowly, he views it as a niche-type-of-topic. >> obama: we're not moving as fast as we need to. this is an issue that further generations, mtv viewers are going to have to be dealing with, even more than the older generation. this is a critical issue. there is a huge contrast in this campaign between myself and governor romney. i'm surprised it didn't come up in one of the debates. >> cenk: here's how it could have come up, if you brought it up. did you notice, you mtv viewers i guess you care about this because you'll be around when things get really bad. although things are getting bad now. and he said he has a much different record than mitt romney. let me show you the good portions
. >> the science is bad. >> unproven science. >> that has yet to be proven and i highly doubt it's going to happen any time soon. >> still a scientific theory that has not been proven. >> cenk: that's the media. that's the republicans. when you turn to the democrats i wish i had good news for you. but president obama hasn't been that much better in his results. now he was recently on mtv kind of like candy crowly, he views it as a niche-type-of-topic. >>...
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. >> we have the whole man here, you're the senior science journalist for the "huffington post." okay, we we could put walls up, but shouldn't we go to the source of the problem fossil fuels. >> you have to mitigate the effects because in some respects it is a little too late to reverse this problem. but you also want to work as hard as you can to stop it from getting any worse. we can talk about this kind of two degree celsius problem, and we can get to the technical stuff. but the truth is it's already gotten so bad and even if we stopped putting emissions in the atmosphere it will still get worse for many, many years. >> cenk: let's talk about that for a minute. we have thisthere is magical reverse when we need it. it seems that that would be the time. >> they're saying, the scientists will do all that. >> cenk: seriously is there a way to reverse it. >> to reverse climate change? >> cenk: it just times. >> it a function of making sure it doesn't get worse. we are we at that level. >> cenk: that was a hard-hitting ad against mitt romney against climate change. should democrats
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math is similar: >> cenk: we're number one. >> now similar story again when it comes to science: >> that in in a's really kicking our ass. >> cenk: that would be another segment. >> cenk: number one. >> now barack obama has been on the record saying really great things about the educational system in south korea. let's take a look. >> our children, listen to this, our children spend over a month less in school than children in south korea every year. that's no way to prepare them for a 21st century economy. >> well, he's right. if you look at the number, south korea spends 220 days a year in class, in the u.s., 180 days per year. in finland it's 190. with south korea and finland you have two opposite ends of the spectrum. turns out both work. we can have a discussion as to what's better, but whatever the u.s. is doing that's not working. when it comes to education funding in korea basically it's the number one in family spending on private education including test preparation. if you can remember what we did when it came to finland, they do not have private schools at all. in the u.s., w
math is similar: >> cenk: we're number one. >> now similar story again when it comes to science: >> that in in a's really kicking our ass. >> cenk: that would be another segment. >> cenk: number one. >> now barack obama has been on the record saying really great things about the educational system in south korea. let's take a look. >> our children, listen to this, our children spend over a month less in school than children in south korea every year....
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straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. right by those who gave their lives to for this country nearly 70 years ago. ♪ >> jennifer: now to my point. i want to report to you, really on what i saw this weekend on the ground in the swing state of virginia. i went there to thank and to rally the campaign volunteers in virginia, and what i saw was incredible. i canvassed door-to-door with volunteers. i was also on the got-to-vote bus, with justin long and just on saturday's day of canvassing alone, thousands of volunteers walked across virginia in neighbors and knocked on more than 100,000 doors. there were nearly 700 events? virginia alone. there are 50 field offices across virginia. thousands of phone bankers made thousands of calls to get people out to vote. and the canvassers had been doing this for month. the volunteers that i saw at six different offices they went to in these stops across the state. they were excited, compassionate, committed all of them were energized by joe
straightforward guidance and be able to focus on other things, like each other, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. right by those who gave their lives to for this country nearly 70 years ago. ♪ >> jennifer: now to my point. i want to report to you, really on what i saw this weekend on the ground in the swing state of virginia. i went there to thank and to rally the campaign volunteers in virginia, and what i saw was incredible. i canvassed...